Chapter 300 – Three Thousand Paths of Sword Aura, Enough to Slay a Heavenly Immortal! 【9k】
by spirapiraSu Xing’s gaze swept over the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method, and he nodded slightly.
“Sure enough, just as I expected—the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method is a supreme secret art. Exchanging for it directly really is outrageously expensive…”
“But if I memorize it myself, I’ll save a huge amount of simulation energy.”
Without hesitation, Su Xing said directly, “I choose to bring out the talent Dragon Vein Geomancy, and the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art at Minor Mastery!”
As his words fell, the simulator’s notification chime sounded by his ear.
【You have successfully brought out the talent Dragon Vein Geomancy. Cost: 10 points of origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 131,162 points…】
【You have successfully brought out Great Shaman Body Forging Art, second layer (Minor Mastery). Cost: 60,000 points of origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 71,162 points…】
As the simulator’s prompt ended, two streams of profound energy surged into Su Xing’s body.
The next second, Su Xing felt the momentum of his entire being and the strength of his fleshly body skyrocket!
Ten powers of mountains and rivers… fifteen… twenty!
In the end, Su Xing’s physical strength reached twenty-five powers of mountains and rivers!
The second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, going from entry to Minor Mastery, more than doubled Su Xing’s physical strength!
At the same time, the primordial energy flower within Su Xing’s body also changed considerably, transforming into a bud—looking as though it was about to bloom.
As the primordial energy flower changed, the quality of Su Xing’s primordial energy rose another step!
Previously, his primordial energy’s amplification to strength was roughly threefold; now it had increased to around fourfold!
Combined with Su Xing’s pure physical power, a single punch from Su Xing could at most carry over a hundred powers of mountains and rivers!
A moment later, Su Xing adapted to the explosive surge of power within him, finding it somewhat hard to believe.
“Now, if I unleash a full-power strike using primordial energy… it should be enough to shake a continental plate, right?”
Su Xing’s heart surged with emotion.
Over a hundred powers of mountains and rivers, a physical body at mid-stage Earthly Immortal realm—this had already transcended what Class Users could comprehend!
With such might, a single punch would probably trigger earthquakes for thousands of miles around!
Su Xing estimated that even if one pushed Earth’s timeline back several thousand years, even those God-level Class Users would be far inferior to his current strength.
“If Earthly Immortal realm cultivators were to go all-out in battle on Earth… it might be enough to make continental plates drift and alter the oceans!”
“Even if it wouldn’t be enough to destroy the whole world, the shockwaves from the battle would probably wipe out most living creatures on this planet!”
Su Xing sighed, understanding more and more clearly that after gaining power, one must be cautious—and must not forget one’s original intent.
“But I’m still far from enough… If I reach the Heavenly Immortal realm, perhaps I can delay the destruction of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm?”
“If I reach the True Immortal realm, I’ll be able to inherit the legacy within the Luotian Mirror! At that time, my foundations will undergo a qualitative leap!”
“And even that Red Moon hanging over our heads… if I had Mystic Immortal realm cultivation, I’d even dare to face it head-on!”
Su Xing drew a deep breath. His urgency to increase his strength only grew stronger.
“But I can’t aim too high too fast either… My current strength can at best be called invincible within the Earthly Immortal realm. There’s still some distance to the Heavenly Immortal realm…”
“If I could obtain that supernatural art from the Star Realm for drawing down the stars… my strength would probably increase even further!”
Su Xing felt a bit of longing.
Judging from what happened in the simulation, that supernatural art was at least Earth Fiend supernatural art level. If Su Xing obtained it, his combat power would increase again.
But then Su Xing shook his head slightly—biting off more than one can chew. He should first improve the supernatural arts and methods he already had.
“Hah… but in the end, the most important thing is still cultivation realm… raising my cultivation still requires energy!”
“If I raise the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to Perfection, the energy required will probably still be another 120,000!”
“In the end, it still comes down to making money!”
Thinking of this, Su Xing glanced at the time, began disguising himself and concealing his aura, and prepared to go trade with Lu Yuanwu.
A short while later, Su Xing returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven, gaining another twenty thousand points of origin energy.
After that, Su Xing made time to repair puppets, while also expelling the baleful qi from the Spirit Vein Dragon’s body.
Because the Spirit Vein Dragon was shrouded in heavy black qi, Su Xing had to set up the baleful-qi-dispelling formation again at intervals to ensure the expulsion continued.
In this way, a week passed quickly.
During that period, Su Xing used sword flight to make a trip to the Immortal Martial World, harvesting the new week’s yield of exotic metal raw ore.
……
Time arrived at October 7th, 2025. Su Xing went to the Villa on schedule to meet Jin Congxue.
A new week meant nearly another twenty-seven thousand points of origin energy in hand. Looking at the six-digit origin energy on the panel, Su Xing felt somewhat satisfied.
After the trade ended, Su Xing lingered with Jin Congxue for a while before returning once more to the spirit field grotto-heaven.
……
The simulation cooldown ended. Su Xing prepared to begin a new round of simulation!
“Begin simulation!”
【The 107th simulation has begun. Current remaining origin energy: 118,862 points… Remaining simulation attempts: none.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 point of origin energy. Draw?】
“The path of artifact refining—it’s time to raise it up a notch.”
Su Xing frowned slightly, not rushing to draw a talent.
In the previous simulation, Su Xing had fought that Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator from the Star Realm, ultimately losing and dying.
Aside from the gap in cultivation, the gap in treasures could not be ignored either.
Therefore, if Su Xing could refine the Blackice sword further, then even if he still couldn’t beat such a powerful Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator, fighting an ordinary early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator would not be a problem.
“But the problem now is… my previous artifact-refining talent was only the purple-quality Artifact Refining Prodigy. If only I had a gold artifact-refining talent…”
Su Xing sighed. He also had a talent called the Blazing Flame Divine Physique, which could increase his comprehension of the Dao of artifact refining. If paired with Artifact Refining Prodigy, perhaps the effect would be pretty good.
“Should I choose the previous Artifact Refining Prodigy talent? But if I do that… I’ll lose a chance to draw a gold talent!”
Su Xing felt somewhat torn. If it were a gold artifact-refining talent, he would not hesitate at all—but a purple one felt like the cost outweighed the gain.
“Go for broke—turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!”
“Purple talents are already getting outdated. I still need a gold talent.”
“Within four simulations, if I can’t draw a gold talent related to artifact refining… then I’ll bring out the purple Artifact Refining Prodigy talent.”
Su Xing made his decision quickly.
Because with the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, his primordial energy would grow tremendously, and the speed of nurturing his natal artifact would become much faster as well.
Su Xing hoped that before nurturing his natal artifact, he could re-refine the Blackice sword and raise its quality—only then could he maximize the returns.
“Draw a gold talent!” Su Xing gritted his teeth.
【Ding, congratulations. You have obtained the purple talent Flowing Water Without Intent. The probability of drawing a gold talent in the next simulation is 70%…】
【Flowing Water Without Intent】: Purple talent. You can sense the fluctuations of water, greatly increasing your comprehension of the Water Dao.
“Sigh…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. A purple talent that increased comprehension of the Water Dao was temporarily useless to him.
“Since I didn’t draw a gold talent, then I’ll proceed according to the plan.”
Su Xing murmured.
In this simulation, he planned to further raise his body-tempering strength. If the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art could reach Major Mastery, that would naturally be best.
Besides that, the Protective Sword Aura also seemed to need further improvement!
“Based on previous experience, it’s best to keep the Earth Origin Pills and take them after seventy-seven years—only then can the effect be maximized!”
“Twelve pills a year; I need to save at least seven hundred Earth Origin Pills for it to be enough…”
Su Xing estimated that once Earth Origin Pill refinement reached Mastery-level, the three hundred and sixty Origin-Channeling Flowers would be enough for him to refine over a thousand Earth Origin Pills.
Which meant: for the first seventy-seven years, use Earth Origin Pills as little as possible; then cultivate with them over the subsequent sixty-plus years—getting twice the result with half the effort!
Su Xing thought for a bit. After confirming there were no omissions, he looked toward the simulation panel.
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize you are in a simulation…】
【With the boost from one day of the Great Wisdom talent accumulated, you go to the Luotian Instance to study the Dao of Puppetry…】
【Two months later, the exotic metal mineral vein in the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts instance is completely mined out by you.】
【You go to the Beast Taming World instance, put thirty puppets into the Beast Taming World to dig. Based on your estimate, the exotic metal mineral vein here is enough for about four months of mining.】
【Thus, one year passes.】
【In the second year, you accumulate two months of the Great Wisdom talent’s boost and prepare to refine Earth Origin Pills.】
In the Real World, Su Xing saw this and did a bit of calculation.
“Thirty mining puppets can provide me with twenty-five thousand points of origin energy in a week… that’s one hundred thousand a month…”
“Looking at it this way, the exotic metal raw ore contained in the two instances is only close to six hundred thousand points…”
Su Xing frowned slightly. Six hundred thousand points of origin energy was probably enough before the Heavenly Immortal realm.
But what about after the Heavenly Immortal realm?
At his current rate of origin energy expenditure, after reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm, raising one minor realm might require as much as a hundred thousand!
Pooling the resources of all instances around Earth—would it be enough for Su Xing to advance to the True Immortal realm?
This was a problem, and Su Xing felt worried…
“But… the Spirit Realm is a complete instance world. Perhaps it also has quite a bit of exotic metal raw ore? I could go look for it.”
According to the original timeline, the Spirit Realm’s extinction would happen roughly seven to eight years later.
Of course, that was in the absence of external interference.
But as long as Su Xing was willing, he could easily prolong the Spirit Realm’s extinction time—at least by twenty to thirty years.
“But for now, let’s refine Earth Origin Pills first!”
“Use immersive simulation… duration: two months!”
【Ding…】
As the simulator’s chime fell, Su Xing entered the simulated world.
He then decisively swallowed a Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom state’s boost, and began refining Earth Origin Pills.
In one month, Su Xing refined sixty batches of Earth Origin Pills. The pill success rate was as high as 98%; only one batch produced waste pills.
Moreover, he refined twenty batches of supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills, and the supreme-grade success rate exceeded 30%!
“Hah… my Earth Origin Pill refining technique is pretty close to Perfection.”
“Just a bit more…”
With the Spirit Awakening Pill’s boost, Su Xing progressed rapidly.
In the next month of immersive simulation, Su Xing finally brought the Earth Origin Pill refining technique fully to Perfection.
Thus, the probability of refining supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills rose to 50%, and the success rate reached 100%!
……
Immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing was very satisfied with his alchemy results.
“Not bad. With supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills, my cultivation speed for the Great Shaman Body Forging Art will increase by quite a lot. Maybe I really can break through to Major Mastery in one go!”
Su Xing nodded slightly and looked toward the simulation panel again.
【You spent a few months refining one hundred and eighty batches of Earth Origin Pills.】
【Of these, you produced five hundred and thirty pills in total, with two hundred and thirty being supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills.】
【You did not rush to take these pills. Instead, you made time to take a trip to the Spirit Realm.】
【Relying on the Dragon Vein Geomancy talent, you spent three years searching the Spirit Realm carefully.】
【Sure enough, just as you expected, the Spirit Realm also contains high-grade exotic metal mineral veins.】
【In total, you found over a hundred third-rank and fourth-order exotic metal mineral veins, enough to supply the mining puppets for half a year of digging.】
【In the fifth year, you went to the Beast Taming World. After clearing out the alien races, you returned to Earth and prepared to head for the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【You put your relatives and friends, as well as some of Great Xia’s Class Users, into the spirit field grotto-heaven, and went to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【Appearing in the familiar northern region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, the first thing you did was go to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion in White Emperor City to sell intelligence.】
【Besides selling intelligence to earn spirit stones, you also purchased information about dozens of nearby lesser chiliocosms. Among them were several lesser chiliocosms that had once been worlds where the descendants of the Luotian Sect fled to.】
【You recorded this intelligence one by one. You did not rush to explore, but after settling your family and friends, you prepared to head for the Black Water Realm.】
【In the sixth year, after you arrived at the Black Water Realm, you went to the location of the previous undersea cavern. You took out all the resources, treasures, and supernatural arts hidden within the cavern.】
【Afterward, you erased your traces and went into seclusion near the Origin-Channeling Flower Secret Realm.】
【While in seclusion, every three months you took one Earth Origin Pill, and your Great Shaman Body Forging Art steadily advanced.】
Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, murmuring,
“Aside from the Great Shaman Body Forging Art and the improvement of my body-tempering cultivation… the Protective Sword Aura also needs further cultivation.”
The Protective Sword Aura Su Xing currently controlled totaled two thousand two hundred paths. That number was already far from small—enough for him to dominate among Earthly Immortal realm cultivators without defeat.
But Su Xing had already begun to explore his own Sword Dao— the sword of safety!
This meant the upper limit of the Protective Sword Aura would rise further!
Two thousand two hundred paths of Protective Sword Aura were no longer enough.
“While tempering my body, I also need to further cultivate the Protective Sword Aura.”
With that thought, Su Xing looked toward the simulation panel.
【In the seventh year, besides cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, you also begin cultivating the Protective Sword Aura.】
【Cultivating four hours each day, the number of Protective Sword Aura paths you have mastered steadily increases.】
【Thus, twenty-three years pass.】
【In the thirtieth year, over these years you have taken nearly a hundred Earth Origin Pills, all of ordinary quality. You still have over four hundred Earth Origin Pills remaining.】
【You can feel that the primordial energy flower within your body has bloomed somewhat, and your physical strength has reached thirty powers of mountains and rivers!】
【At the same time, your Protective Sword Aura quantity reaches two thousand four hundred paths!】
【The power of your Protective Sword Aura further increases!】
【Thus, another five years pass.】
【In the thirty-fifth year, you successfully obtain one hundred and eighty Origin-Channeling Flowers and kill three Advent Cult cadres.】
【After obtaining the Origin-Channeling Flowers, you hesitate no longer and head straight to the Star Realm!】
【After half a year of void travel, you finally arrive at the Star Realm smoothly.】
【As expected, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel is severely damaged and cannot continue sailing.】
【You enter the spirit field grotto-heaven, adjust your breathing and recuperate for half a year, and your strength returns to its peak.】
In the Real World, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly.
“Coming to the Star Realm earlier is naturally excellent—it lets me more quickly search for the scattered star observation methods among those tribes.”
“While cultivating, at the pace of collecting ten tribes per year… a single simulation is enough to collect over a thousand star observation methods!”
“In that case, at most three to five simulations, I can completely collect the full Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method!”
Su Xing felt a bit of anticipation in his heart. This was a supreme supernatural art involving the Dao of cause and effect and the Dao of Destiny!
If Su Xing could fully collect it and learn this Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method,
not only would he be able to block Qingyunzi’s perception and extend simulation time,
he might even be able to deduce cause and effect and destiny!
The temptation in this was hard to resist, even for Su Xing.
“Hah… then next, I’ll proceed step by step, drifting between the tribes.”
“But I still have to start collecting from the smaller tribes… otherwise I’ll draw the attention of a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator again, and that would be trouble.”
Drawing on his previous experience, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After your strength recovers, you return to the Star Realm.】
【As expected, dozens of native Star Realm cultivators set an ambush for you.】
【You pay two hundred thousand supreme-grade spirit stones and obtain temporary residency rights in the Star Realm.】
【Over the next fifteen years, aside from cultivating, you spend your time collecting the star-observation methods of various tribes.】
【In the fiftieth year, you again collect star-observation methods from two hundred different tribes. After organizing them, the 《Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method》 in your hands becomes ever more complete.】
【That year, the number of Protective Sword Aura strands you have mastered reaches two thousand five hundred.】
【In the fifty-first year, through continuous research into the star-observation methods of the various tribes, you discover that the stars in the sky also have their own “factions,” or rather, constellational configurations!】
【And the relationships among the stars seem to correspond to the relationships among the various tribes in the Star Realm as well—either hostile or friendly…】
【This makes you even more curious.】
【In the sixtieth year, you painstakingly cultivate the Protective Sword Aura, raising its count to two thousand five hundred and fifty strands.】
【You estimate that the limit of the prototype of your Sword Dao will be around three thousand Protective Sword Aura strands!】
【With that amount, it will be enough for you to possess Heavenly Immortal realm battle power!】
【For the next twenty years, aside from cultivation, you devote most of your energy to collecting star-observation methods.】
【As you continue stealing star-observation methods, you become increasingly proficient. Moreover, after each theft you always return it the next day, only memorizing it by recitation.】
【As a result, you do not draw the attention of Star Realm cultivators.】
【In the eightieth year, over these forty-plus years, the number of star-observation methods you have collected approaches six hundred—three tenths faster than you had expected.】
【Counting the methods you collected earlier, you have obtained more than twelve hundred star-observation methods in total.】
【Among them, most of the content is repetitive and contradictory, but you extract the essence and discard the dross, gradually groping your way to a complete 《Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method》.】
【You estimate you have already gathered one quarter of this star-observation method. If you can reach one half, you will be able to formally begin cultivating it.】
【But you have more or less finished collecting the star-observation methods of the small tribes. The tribes you need to target next have Earthly Immortal realm cultivators, the risk rises considerably, and so you become even more cautious.】
【That year, the number of Protective Sword Aura strands you comprehend reaches two thousand six hundred!】
【In the eighty-first year, you put more of your mind into cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】
【That year, your physical strength grows to thirty-five units of power of mountains and rivers.】
【You take one supreme-grade Earth Origin Pill each month, and your cultivation progresses by leaps and bounds.】
【In this way, another fourteen years pass.】
【In the ninety-fifth year, your physical strength reaches forty units of power of mountains and rivers, but there is still quite a long road before the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art reaches Major Mastery.】
【With Late Bloomer’s boost, your Sword Dao cultivation also advances at breakneck speed.】
【The number of Protective Sword Aura strands you have mastered reaches two thousand seven hundred!】
【In the one hundred and tenth year, the number of star-observation methods you have collected reaches fourteen hundred. You occasionally deduce the complete secret art and reap considerable gains.】
【That year, the number of Protective Sword Aura strands you have mastered reaches two thousand eight hundred.】
【In the one hundred and twentieth year, your physical strength reaches forty-five units of power of mountains and rivers. You have already faintly touched the threshold of Major Mastery for the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】
【In this way, another ten years pass…】
【In the one hundred and thirtieth year, your physical strength grows to forty-seven units of power of mountains and rivers, drawing ever closer to breaking through to Major Mastery.】
【But at the same time, you feel somewhat anxious, unsure whether in the final ten years you will be able to truly step into the Mastery-level.】
【Su Xing’s cultivation of the Protective Sword Aura continues to advance steadily. This year, the number of sword aura strands you have mastered reaches two thousand nine hundred and eighty!】
【And as a result of your “theft” over the past century, rumors begin to circulate among the Star Realm tribes about a “Saint of Thieves.”】
【Many native Star Realm cultivators want to search for your traces.】
【You can only spend more time, in the gaps between cultivation, to evade the natives’ pursuit.】
【In the one hundred and thirty-fifth year, your Protective Sword Aura advances another step. Three thousand Protective Sword Aura strands protect your entire body—Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators, do you dare fight!】
【But at the same time, you also sense a bottleneck. If the Protective Sword Aura is to advance further, it requires your comprehension in Sword Dao to reach the Initial Glimpse realm…】
【In the one hundred and fortieth year, one day you feel a sudden insight. As you cultivate unceasingly, the primordial energy flower within you finally blooms, no longer the bud it once was.】
【That year, your pure physical body strength advances further, reaching fifty units of power of mountains and rivers—an increase of a full double compared to before!】
【At the same time, the boost that primordial energy provides to your physical strength also reaches about fivefold!】
【Congratulations, the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art has finally entered Major Mastery!】
In the Real World, Su Xing saw this and let out a breath.
“So close… no matter what, I finally managed, at the very tail end of the simulation, to grope my way to Major Mastery in the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!”
“The physical strength amplification brought by the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art lets me rival late-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivators!”
“And with the Protective Sword Aura and all my other methods… I’m confident I can defeat an early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator!”
Su Xing’s wording was very conservative: defeat, not kill!
If it were truly a fight to the death, Su Xing, relying on “No Martial Virtue” to launch a sneak attack, should be able to kill an early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator.
But if he faced them head-on, it would probably only be a sixty-forty split…
“If I run into that Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator from the Star Realm again?”
Su Xing took a deep breath and, in his mind, tried to deduce a battle with that Star Realm Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator from before.
After a moment, Su Xing shook his head slightly and sighed.
“With three thousand Protective Sword Aura strands, offense and defense as one—even if my Blackice sword isn’t as good as that cultivator’s Heaven-Overturning Seal, I wouldn’t fall into the disadvantage!”
“It’s just that star-drawing move… I still seem unable to withstand it. That kind of supernatural art could probably kill even a mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator!”
“Perhaps that supernatural art comes from within the 《Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method》?”
A hint of longing rose in Su Xing’s heart. Drawing upon the power of the stars—damn, that was just too cool. How could Su Xing not be obsessed?
Just imagine: in the midst of battle, Su Xing and a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator are fighting to the fullest.
All of a sudden Su Xing grows larger, then directly draws down the stars in the heavens and smashes them down—crushing the opponent to death while still alive!
How thrilling would that be?
“Tsk tsk… if I can get my hands on that supernatural art, naturally that’s best. If I can’t, then all I can do is practice the sword!”
Su Xing muttered.
But he had already walked out along his own Sword Dao. If he took the path of the sword to its limit, he could still become a great cultivator who roamed the Three Thousand Worlds!
“Still, I should study the 《Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method》 a bit…”
Su Xing silently recited:
“Use immersive simulation, duration 3 days…”
【Ding…】
His consciousness entered the simulated world, and Su Xing began memorizing the star-observation methods he had recorded from the major tribes.
This process alone took two and a half days.
In the remaining half day of immersive simulation, Su Xing used it to memorize certain exotic metal ore veins he had recorded, as well as the small-world intelligence he bought from the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.
After the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing returned to the Real World.
At this moment, Su Xing’s eyes were filled with intense interest.
“The Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method really is extraordinary!”
“I collected star-observation methods from more than a thousand tribes. After organizing them, I should have one-third of the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method—one third of it?”
“It’s just a pity the beginning of this secret art wasn’t found… otherwise, if I could cultivate it, the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny would undergo a transformation!”
Su Xing felt somewhat excited.
“This simulation is also coming to an end… Although I didn’t explore other worlds, the growth in strength was enormous!”
“As I am now, I can be considered to possess Heavenly Immortal realm battle power! In the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, I should count as someone of note, right?”
“It’s just that my opponents are still too strong… Red Moon, Blood Three, Qingyunzi, or even the entire Advent Cult—none of them are things a mere Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator can contend against!”
Su Xing pressed his lips together and reminded himself: he absolutely could not get carried away after gaining just a little strength and cultivation.
If he didn’t lay low until invincible, there was always the risk of death!
Thinking so, Su Xing’s gaze turned toward the simulation panel.
【After the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art reaches Major Mastery, you continue using the few Earth Origin Pills you have left to accelerate your cultivation.】
【In this way, several months pass.】
【One day, your talent Blessed by Fortune issues a frenzied warning…】
【A day later, Qingyunzi attacks…】
【Qingyunzi performs a Soul search on you…】
【You are dead!】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing shook his head slightly and sighed.
“As expected, I still can’t escape this tribulation with Qingyunzi!”
“But fortunately, the objectives of this simulation have basically been achieved!”
Su Xing knew that if he wanted to simulate for longer, first he needed to strengthen his Qi Refinement cultivation and flee to a more distant world.
Second, he needed deeper sensitivity to the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny in order to block Qingyunzi’s divination.
“But for now, I should extract my cultivation and supernatural-art insights first!”
Su Xing felt expectant as he looked toward the rewards list.
【Flowing Water Without Intent】: purple talent, price 1 point of origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art, second layer (Major Mastery)】: an inherited method left behind by the ancient Wu Clan, usable for immortals to temper the body. The second layer increases primordial energy; cultivated to profound levels it can battle great cultivators. Currently equivalent to late-stage Earthly Immortal realm battle power. Price: 60,000 points of origin energy!
【Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method (one-third)】: a divination art passed down from the Star Shaman lineage of the ancient Wu Clan. Cultivated to profound levels it can glimpse the Dao of Destiny and the Dao of cause and effect. It is a supreme secret art, but unfortunately it lacks the opening, making it difficult to cultivate. Price: 30,000 points of origin energy.
【Protective Sword Aura (three thousand strands)】: insight into the Earth Fiend supernatural art Protective Sword Aura. After learning it, the number of sword aura strands increases to 3,000. Price: 20,000 points of origin energy.
Without hesitation, Su Xing silently recited:
“I choose to bring out the second-layer cultivation of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, as well as the Protective Sword Aura insight!”
【You have successfully brought out Great Shaman Body Forging Art, second layer (Major Mastery), spending 60,000 points of origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 58,793 points…】
【You have successfully brought out Protective Sword Aura (three thousand strands), spending 20,000 points of origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 38,793 points…】
As the simulation prompt tone fell, two streams of profound energy surged into Su Xing’s body.
First, what underwent the enormous change was Su Xing’s Body Tempering cultivation!
Originally, Su Xing’s pure physical strength was twenty-five units of power of mountains and rivers!
And now Su Xing’s physical strength doubled once again—from twenty-five units of power of mountains and rivers, directly rising to fifty units of power of mountains and rivers!
If he further combined it with primordial energy, there would be a fivefold boost to strength and physique!
Feeling the explosive surge of power within him, Su Xing faintly felt as though he were capable of anything.
“The ancient Wu Clan… being able to lift an entire world might not have been an exaggeration?”
“The Great Shaman Body Forging Art—cultivating each layer can only be called terrifying!”
“If I cultivate it to the very end… just how terrifying would that strength be?”
Su Xing’s emotions churned. He had only cultivated to the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, yet already possessed such terrifying strength.
And in ancient times, those Wu Clan members comparable to Grand Luo Golden Immortals would only have been even more terrifying!
This extraction did not only alter Su Xing’s Body Tempering cultivation.
With a thought, three thousand golden, illusory little swords circled around Su Xing’s body, giving off soft, clear hums that wound around without ceasing!
“Three thousand Protective Sword Aura strands have already been raised to the current limit. This is a method only true Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators can possess!”
“Ordinary Earth Fiend supernatural arts might not even match the might of my Protective Sword Aura…”
Su Xing felt some emotion.
What determines a cultivator’s upper limit in strength is always the method they are most adept at.
For Su Xing, that was the Protective Sword Aura!
With three thousand Protective Sword Aura strands, offense and defense as one—saying it could pierce through an entire continent with a single sword and reach ten thousand li (5,000 km) into the earth would not be an exaggeration!
“However, if I want this method to continue maintaining an advantage, I still have to keep painstakingly cultivating the Sword Dao… otherwise, after the Heavenly Immortal realm, I might fade into the crowd of immortals.”
Su Xing sighed.
Cultivators who could reach the Earthly Immortal or Heavenly Immortal realms—before becoming immortals, every single one of them was a once-in-ten-thousand cultivation genius!
But step by step, leveling up and breaking through to higher realms, seeing higher scenery, only then would one know there are always people beyond people, immortals beyond immortals.
A powerhouse who once dominated at the Earthly Immortal realm might, after breaking into the Heavenly Immortal realm, be considered merely ordinary.
Geniuses might fall one after another, but within any given realm, there is never a shortage of geniuses!
Su Xing constantly reminded himself: if he didn’t want to be crushed by cultivators of the same realm, not only did his cultivation need to be stable and profound—his supernatural methods could not be lacking either…
“Hoo… but with my current strength, on Earth I can be considered absolutely safe!”
“If I calculate the time, it’s about time to meet Lu Yuanwu!”
Su Xing disguised himself and concealed his aura, then went to trade with Lu Yuanwu.
Flying by sword to the outside of the agreed-upon mountain range, Su Xing used the power of space; in the next second, he appeared before Lu Yuanwu.
“Senior, you’re here!”
Lu Yuanwu was long used to Su Xing’s coming and going like a ghost. He bowed respectfully.
Then, as if by habit, he took out a storage ring and handed it to Su Xing.
“Senior, this is this week’s—ten thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal!”
Lu Yuanwu said, unable to hide his impatience.
Su Xing took the storage ring and casually converted it into twenty thousand points of origin energy.
Then a thousand Primordial Martial Pills dropped before Lu Yuanwu.
After the transaction was complete, Su Xing did not rush to leave.
Counting the twenty thousand points of origin energy from this transaction, Su Xing now had nearly sixty thousand points of origin energy on hand.
Perhaps it would still be enough for the next simulation, but he had to prepare for the source of simulation energy afterward.
So Su Xing’s mind stirred. He took out a Divine Power Pill, held it out before Lu Yuanwu, and said:
“This pill is called the Divine Power Pill. Take one pill every half year. If you take four pills in succession within two years, it can increase the physique and strength of a strength-type Heavenly King-stage Class User by more than fifty percent!”
“But the medicinal efficacy of this pill is relatively strong, so it’s best to choose an old-established Heavenly King-stage Class User to take it…”
That was what Su Xing said.
The Divine Power Pill was a pill for Divine Power realm cultivators to increase cultivation, corresponding to Martial Sovereign-stage experts!
But if a Heavenly King-stage expert took it and handled it properly, the growth in strength would be especially obvious!
As soon as Su Xing finished speaking, Lu Yuanwu understood Su Xing’s meaning, and said with a trembling voice:
“Senior… you, you mean? This pill can help a Heavenly King-stage Class User advance to the Martial Sovereign-stage?”
“Which means… this is a pill that can give birth to Martial Sovereign-stage Class Users!”
Su Xing nodded slightly and said:
“That’s right. But the success rate is only about one-third—meaning, for every ten Divine Power Pills, about one Martial Sovereign-stage Class User can be produced!”
After receiving Su Xing’s affirmative answer, Lu Yuanwu was so excited he almost fainted on the spot…
In previous trades, Su Xing had mentioned to Lu Yuanwu that he possessed a miraculous pill capable of producing Martial Sovereign-stage experts.
At the time, Lu Yuanwu still didn’t quite believe it. After all, in all of Great Xia, there were only a few dozen Martial Sovereigns, and among the entire human race there were only one to two hundred.
But now, looking at “Senior’s” unequivocal tone, Lu Yuanwu had no choice but to believe.
So Lu Yuanwu swallowed, and said in a trembling voice:
“Senior… then, these pills… are you also going to trade them with us?”
After hearing that, Su Xing did not rush to answer. Instead, he gave Lu Yuanwu a meaningful look and asked:
“Ahem… tell me the truth: in all of Great Xia, just how much exotic metal can you actually produce?”